Gaiam Balance Ball Chair

The BalanceBall Chair is made so that you can have fitness and comfort all in one place and all day long. Developed by a chiropractor,  the Balance Ball Chair is an effective tool for strengthening core muscles and improving spinal alignment – both at home and at the office.

Most of us have a tendency to slouch when sitting at a desk most of the day. This causes a lot of back problems. With the adjustable back support bar you can easily adjust the chair to give your back support wherever the problem might be.  You can move it up to support across your shoulder blades if  you have  been leaning over your desk or you can lower it to support your lower back if you have been slouching.  .

The balance ball is great for exercising.  There is a desk guide that includes exercises you can do while sitting in your chair and working. Removable 52cm Balance Ball can be used for exercises on or off the chair.  No more feeling bad because there is never enough time to exercise.

It also includes four casters. The great part about this is two of them are locking casters that attach to the back legs.  If you have small children who will definitely want to climb on such a cool chair this aspect cannot be beat.

Easy to assemble and includes an air pump

It is quite the conversation piece.

BalanceBall Chair

Mom’s, High Fructose Corn Syrup is Okay in Moderation

by Holly Rigsby, Author Fit Yummy Mummy

“Wow you don’t care what the kids eat, huh?”

“You know what they say about it”……Silence for this mom is STUMPED

Come back:

“There’s no artificial ingredients and like sugar it is okay in moderation”

In Moderation……….That is the KEY, right?

When it comes to a sound health and fitness plan, anything is okay on moderation.

And my son Tyler will be the first to tell you that it is okay to have ice cream and go to McDonald’s…..Once in awhile.

He even asks if it is “once in awhile yet”, especially if McDonald’s is advertising a movie related toy that he is “into”.

So what IS the problem?

Well the commercial is right in the fact that, in moderation, the consumption is okay, just like regular sugar.

However, HFCS is found in almost every type of processed food.

“In Moderation” does not mean “consume 5 to 6 times a day” – when in fact, our children are!

Surprised?

Wait until you Take a Look in your pantry, your fridge, your snack drawer.

You will find it in

~ flavored milk

~ juices

~ juice boxes

~ granola snack bars

~ cereals

~ peanut butter

~ fruit chews

~ dried fruit

~ fruit cups

~ yogurt

~ whole wheat bread

~ whole wheat crackers

~ and many other “healthy” sounding food items.

HFCS can even be innocently consumed while dining on spaghetti, seasoning with Worcester sauce, topping a salad, or dipping something into catsup.

As a Busy Moms it seems to be so much easier to choose a more convenient form of “health” foods for their children. When in fact, the foods chosen are processed and contain HFCS.

Based on the list above, it is highly likely your child is consuming these empty
calories 5 to 6 times a day!

Hardly what anyone would consider “In Moderation”.

The impact?

The USDA suggests most of us limit our intake of added sugar — that’s everything from the high fructose corn to plain old teaspoons of sugar — to about 10 to 12 teaspoons a day.

This is not exactly a campaign that encourages us to do so. On average it is easy to take in over 30 teaspoons of sugar a day, which was more than 15 percent of our caloric intake.

These empty calorie foods are simply taking the place of more nutritious, satisfying, health promoting foods our children should be eating.

The Solution?

You can choose to….

~ Check the Labels of the convenience foods you are buying and seek out a HFCS-Free item

or even better

~ Replace all the highly processed foods with whole, natural foods – foods that actually promote health, wellness and a lifetime of fitness when it comes to the future of our children.

~

Need help?

Try this…

Replace the juice with water

Replace the granola bars with apple slices and almonds

Replace the flavored milk with organic milk – Tyler’s favorite, “Horizon”

Next…..Refer to your very own lifestyle system – Fit Yummy Mummy.

Live the life you want your children to live.

Fit Yummy Mummy.com

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